ipod nano
 

I received an ipod for christmas, and I have questions.

1. Do you have to pay for the album artwork for the albums you own and rip to your pc? (they want my CC#)

2. $15 gift card, songs are $0.99, 15 songs and who gets the other $0.15?

3. Anybody using the Zune, and does it use Windows Media Player?

Won't do ipod or zune due to corporate overlords... Got my daughter a nice video/fm radio/mp3 player from best buy ($50 on sale), looks just like the ipod w/ wheel control, etc., but no software is required. Just drag and drop files. Works on her Mac running Linux, my PCs with Linux, and the wifes laptop with Windows.

Thanks id10t,
Are you using windows media player and do you have the album artwork?


Thanks

peppy

Album artwork is downloaded automatically (free) by applications like Media Player and iTunes. You DON'T pay for it. iPods are trendy for a reason - the UI is absolutely top notch but you have to drink Mac's coolaid (iTunes) propriety formats and DRM.

No charge for the artwork.

The 15 cents will stay in your account until you use it. If you are like me, eventually you'll hear a song you want to buy.

No experience with Zune.

To get the artwork I had to be registered and they want a CC to do that.
I don't know if they charge your CC.

No they won't charge you for cover art. They just want to make it REALLY EASY for you to click the
"buy now" button when/if you visit their music store ;)

You do need a credit card to open an account on iTunes, but they don't charge the card unless you make a purchase. As has been said, album artwork is free.

1: You can have itunes automatically find the artwork, or if you do not want to put your credit card info out, you can find the artwork online (very easy, use google images) and you can put it into itunes manually.

2: Isn't that $.01 the tax?

3: I am not sure about the zune.

Thanks, Justin S

Most state sales tax is more than 1%.

No sales tax yet on iTunes. Each of my songs has cost exactly .99

That's weird, I've never put in my credit card, and I get artwork. There must be a setting that you haven't got set right, or they are trying to get to the itunes store at the same time as they are talking about album artwork. It definitely shouldn't require a credit card to get the album covers.

iPods kick butt. I'm not one for corp stuff that enforces a monopoly, but the iPod is top notch.

Actually I think if you just forgo the credit card/account setup iTunes will still DL the art work for music you import/rip.

You can run itune without a credit card. Credit card is only for DOWNLOADING songs from itune store. If you copy your CD collection to Itune there is no charge.

Is there an mp3 player that works with WMP?

I think I am going to return the ipod, I don't like itunes, I think it is too hard for me to figure out.

dont give up on itunes so easily. its quite easy once you spend some time exploring it - like most software applications.

if your hardware is up to date (fast) and you have disc space, you may come to love it. i do. ive got over 17 thousand songs in mine and making playlists is a lot of fun. i tend to rip in lossless format because the MP3 sound quality is not to my total satisfaction. when im in an audiophile mood, i toss on some vinyl or a CD. my overall listening though, is usually through itunes nowdays

How do you back it up?

I am having trouble with the music that was in WMP and now has been moved.

It take twice as long to rip a cd in itunes and I still get no artwork unless I give a CC when I register.

I also have to teach my wife how to use itunes and share music.

You can open the itunes account with just the gift card, no other CC needed.

That's what I needed to know. Does the card ever expire, or is it put into your account?

i back up with my computer HD and multiple external HD's ALWAYS

If i download a tune, I back it up immediately before i forget

itunes blows WMP out of the water, which you will learn, if you have a little patience and fun exploring it....youll soon be making party playlists that will be the talk of the neighborhood :-)

however, a nano is way too small. there is something nice about carrying around 30,000 songs in your pocket with the 120gig ipod.... its like having jedi powers

you can add whatever jpg you want to the albums in itunes
use imdb.org to located the missing ones

Dollars go into your account until you decide to use them, no expiration. I'd put it into my account, cards can be lost pretty easy.

Sounds like you're talking about the "Sansa Clip"....Recently bought my wife the 4 gig model for under $40 to my door. I've got a 40 gig I-pod, but she wanted something simple and cheap. Can't beat it for the price. The fm radio is nice and you can use it as a digital recorder as well. Looks like the 4 gig will hold about 700 songs...

Yeah, Windows Media Player is ok for little stuff, but iTunes is better IMO.

No, the Nano is perfect. I have a buddy that has an 80GB and just got my stepson a 120GB. They are bigger and heavier than I'd want to carry around very often. I have an older 2 GB model. It's too small (storage capacity), but perfect for size. It's hard to believe that holding 300-310 songs is "too small" but it is. I think I could be happy with an 8GB. I've got almost 50 GB of music (which is a tiny fraction of what I'd like to have).

Sorry that I have not responded, but I have been busy jamming some old cds with my boy.

Thanks for all the info, turns out itunes is pretty good.

Sometimes I am afraid of change.


Thank you,
peppy

playlists is the fun of digital music in my opinion

click the small + button in the bottom left and a new playlist will be created in the left collumn

name it whatever you want

then, start dragging songs from the right, over to the left and rearrange the playlist as you wish, by dragging, song length etc...... fun fun fun


then, on the ipod - when its connected, click on ipod and make a playlist the same way BUT - you can now copy/paste and drag the contents of your itunes playlist into your ipod playlist etc.... explore